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OT Renting a Toyota in a Spanish-speaking country
Renting a Toyota in a Spanish-speaking country Well, the owners manaul for the 2022 Toyota Yaris I've rented is 684 pages!! I will try to read some parts. It's copyright 2022., but it says it was...
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Why one needs a dVD drive in his laptop after all, haha.
I went to a computer store in 2022. I bought a used Dell and they let me sit in their work room and install Linux on it. In the showroom, there was a bunch of stuff. Computers, components,...
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pollution control on most Guat vehicles.
Some of the vehicles, especially chicken buses and trucks, but no where near all of them, belch black smoke in great amount here in Guatemala, especially when starting up hills, of which their are...
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How auto AC works,
My rental, a Toyota Yaris, has a simple heater/AC and sometimes, with the fan on 1, the lowest speed other than "stop", and the temp on coldest, it's too cold. The solution seems to be to move the...
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OT. Charles Osgood Was 91
<> I imagine a lot of posters here heard this guy on Sundays. Often referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winner also wrote and anchored "The Osgood File," his daily...
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Stop annoying message
Is there a way to stop this annoying message? Effective February 22, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from...
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O.T. hankerchiefs
How many of you esteemed persons use hankerchiefs? When I look for to buy them, I mostly find bandanas. They are not soft. I use them to wipe a runny nose or other cases where a soft material is...
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Should I was my rental car
Most roads in Guatemala that I drive on are pretty nice. Even in rural areas, they are 2 wide lanes, one each way, often with a yellow strip in the middle and white edge. A couple short areas, 2 or 3...
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Volume control on car radios
I wanted to include at least one car group and somehow I posted when I was trying to remind myself of its name. Instead of sitting at a desk where I do things properly, this room in a Guatamala City...
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Hot water for shoer
They have an insteresting system here in Guatemala at the cheap and maybe not so cheap hotels. It never gets very cold here and piped hot water is for many a luxury (although my cheap $1/night hotel...
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I learned a lot refilling 1-pound disposable propane canisters from 20-pound Flame King propane tank from a 500 gallon residential propane tank
I cut open a non-refillable propane cylinder to see what is is no dip stick like there is in the Flame King refillables. It has a reverse schrader valve (pull up to vent instead of pushing in). Having...
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Dominion Voting Machine Tabulator hacked in court.
BREAKING: Professor and Election Expert J. Halderman Hacks into Dominion Voting Machine Tabulator in Court on Friday in Georgia in front of Judge Totenberg USING ONLY A PEN TO CHANGE VOTE TOTALS In...
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OT. No Sports Ilustrated?
A lot of the SI staff is being laid off. <> The storied publication drew headlines last fall after reports surfaced that it appeared to have published AI-generated stories, photos and authors.
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Interesting woodworking
Something for everyone in this collection. Much of this is well beyond my skills. Woodworkers have been sharing their most impressive interior design pieces online; here are some that you might want...
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Tile Guy Mission Creep
I called tile guy to do other bathroom work. From a 8 hour drywall job he suggests removing wallpapers and vinyl floor. He quoted $180 for removing which became $280 at the end. Next time l have him...
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